Sunday, January 1, 2012

"Hi, I'm a patient of Dr. Grumpy's and I need him to call in some migraine medicine. I'm at a bar, and the loud music is giving me a headache, and the DJ won't turn it down, and I don't want to leave 'cuz I already paid my cover charge."

I remember as new parents when our 24 day little guy was snuffling from his tiny nares, and my husband and I were besides ourselves trying to figure out how to help him breathe better. We racked our brains until 10:00 PM thinking we shouldn't call the doctor after hours, but after realizing we were short on answers, thought we better call her before she was asleep. The answer of course was simple and Dr. Winifred was so patient in her explanations. We apologized several times for calling her at home, but this guy in the bar was obviously drunk, wasn't he?

Tell us he was slurring his words at least, to be calling for such a ridiculosity.

Even leaving aside the question of how s/he would get the medication without leaving the bar, wouldn't the medication cost more than the cover charge? Oh, wait, I know this one: insurance will pay for it!

Welcome to my whining!

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